双语短篇小说,小岛上的围墙(1)
In the remote southern seas there is a cluster of islands. The weather is fair， the land is fertile and the ocean is rich with fish. Each island is inhabited by a different race of people. Although physically they look alike， you can tell them apart by their styles of dress， their distinctive dialects and even their most casual gestures. A cursory tour of the archipelago reveals that each island has its own unique form of architecture. If there is any similarity between them， it is that each race builds in a manner that is stubbornly at odds with the immediate environment. On rocky hillsides there are wooden huts and in wooded valleys， towns of brick. Arid uplands are irrigated and planted with leafy gardens， whereas
